From: "rkh (Konstantin Haase)" <me@...>
Date: 2013-04-16T18:28:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:54332] [CommonRuby - Feature #8275][Open] Add Module#public_const_get


Issue #8275 has been reported by rkh (Konstantin Haase).

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Feature #8275: Add Module#public_const_get
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8275

Author: rkh (Konstantin Haase)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 


Right now, `const_get` will always return a constant, no matter the visibility, which is probably what we want most of the time. But if you for instance have code that does some automatic name to constant resolution, you might now want to leak private constants.

module Foo
  Bar = 42
  private_constant :Bar
end

# currently:
Foo::Bar # raises NameError
Foo.const_get("Bar") # => 42
Object.const_get("Foo::Bar") # => 42

# proposed:
Foo.public_const_get("Bar") # raises NameError
Object.public_const_get("Foo::Bar") # raises NameError


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